Connectivity

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NEW DELHI: Strengthening of bilateral ties between India and Myanmar, particularly in connectivity, education, infrastructure, trade and culture, were discussed today when visiting Vice President Sai Mawk Kham met Prime Minister Narendra Modi here. During the meeting, Modi fondly recalled his first visit to Myanmar in November last year to attend ASEAN-India Summit and East Asia Summit, and his first meeting with President U Thein Sein in Nay Pyi Taw at the time. Welcoming the recent visit of the Myanmarese Vice President to Bodh Gaya, he highlighted the importance of cultural ties, and the civilizational links between the people of India and Myanmar.

NEW DELHI: The government today stressed on the need to increase the services of state-run helicopter operator Pawan Hans especially in north-east and inter-island regions for better air connectivity and give a boost to tourism. Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Mahesh Sharma today reviewed the performance of Pawan Hans. The minister during the review meeting, discussed the future business strategies of the company to promote regional connectivity, specifically in north-east region and inter island, an official release said.

NEW DELHI: Pledging its strong support to help India become a global "base" of economic growth, Japan today proposed construction of an energy network within the SAARC countries to boost untapped trade and investment opportunities in the region. Calling his country's relationship with India as a "special one", Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the ties between the two nations can make the Indo-Pacific region an epicentre of global prosperity and took a subtle dig at China on the South China Sea dispute.

NEW DELHI: Police arrested three persons who had allegedly vandalised a church in order to fulfill a bet they had agreed upon after having a few drinks in the wee hours of Wednesday in west Delhi's Vikaspuri area. The accused have been identified as Narender Singh alias Raja (33), Ravinder Pal Singh Gill (25) and Harpreet Singh Dhanjal alias Kaka (28). They were arrested from Nihal Vihar area Wednesday morning, police said. "They'd had drinks that night and it was Harpreet who had challenged Ravinder to do the act while Narender Singh was also present on the spot," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (West)

MUMBAI: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today said he has surrendered his subsidised LPG connection responding to an appeal by the Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. "I surrender my subsidised LPG Connection & urge all Ministers in State to use non subsidised LPG," the Chief Minister tweeted. On January 8, Pradhan had tweeted, "Volunteering to give up LPG subsidy amounts to contributing for national development & empowerment of poor people who will be the beneficiary.

NEW DELHI: Concerned over new industrial projects hit due to delay in getting electricity connection, the Centre has asked state Pollution Control Boards to revisit the mandatory requirement of 'No Objection Certificate (NoC) for such projects for improving 'ease of doing business'. The requirement of 'NoC' or 'Consent to Establish (CTE)' certificate has been mandated by many states on their own although such a condition has not been specified under any guidelines of the Central Pollution Control Board , said a latest order issued by the Union Environment Ministry.

VIJAYAWADA: State Bank of Hyderabad (SBH) today said it will set up 50 e-connect outlets across India by March-end and also plans to open exclusive branches to meet the requirements of industrialists and big business houses. Santanu Mukherjee , Managing Director, SBH, said the Government lender currently has 15 e-connect kiosks and it wants to take this number to 50 by March 31. He was speaking to reporters after inaugurating one such centre at SBH's Patamata branch here.

NEW DELHI: The government is planning to set up an Indian innovation centre, where all states will be its members, Minister of State for Science and Technology Y S Chowdary said here today. He also favoured the need to establish science city in every state. Addressing a seminar on 'Innovation : the torchbearer of 21st Century' at the Vibrant Gujarat Summit 2015 in Gandhinagar , Chowdary said innovation can solve the problem of how to showcase a product in the market and how to reach the needful people.

NEW DELHI: The telecom department expects to connect 20,000 villages across the country through optic fibre by March-end under a national broadband network plan. Telecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad will inaugurate the project commercially in Kerala on Monday. Kerala is scheduled to become digitally connected by March-end and other southern states of Karnataka and Seemandhra are likely to follow next. "The work is progressing fast even among the western states of Gujarat and Maharashtra," Prasad told reporters on Friday.

NEW DELHI: The government is eyeing satellite connectivity to ensure the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) , aimed at widening financial inclusion, moves to the next phase after reaching the critical 10 crore bank accounts milestone. Connectivity has emerged as a serious constraint in rural areas in a number of states, prompting the government to consider VSAT (very small aperture terminal) technology that is considered secure and provides uninterrupted connectivity using satellites.